“Okay, do you understand?”
“….. Yes?…. Yes. I understand now.”
“Are you sure you understand? You don’t have any questions?”
“I understand. No, no questions.”
“Okay, because the last seven times I’ve shown you how to do this you’ve said the same thing…”
“No… I understand this time. I think I just forgot last time. Too much on my mind.”
“But you won’t forget this time, right?”
“Oh, I’ll remember. I took notes this time.”
“Okay, great!”
~*two days later*~
“I don’t understand this….”
“But…….I just showed you how to do this two days ago….!”
“….. oh…. Really?! I don’t remember seeing this before….”
“You don’t remember seeing…. I showed you eight times! Eight! We talked about this two days ago… I said, ‘Do you understand?” and you said “Yes!””
“Oh… this is the same thing? You showed me how to do ~this~?”
“…. Yeah…. You took notes remember?”
“Oh, I remember now! Yeah, those weren’t notes for this… I was making a grocery list. Now why is this wrong again?”
And this is why I sometimes think I should hand out applications before interacting with people. If the above conversation seems perfectly normal to you… I think you’re reading the wrong blog. If that conversation caused your jaw muscles to clench too (even if just for a second, instinctively), then call me. We need to take over the world.
“Do you want to form an alliance with me?”